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IN RE MARRIAGE OF EARLYWINE

No. 114779.

2013 IL 114779

In re MARRIAGE OF JOHN J. EARLYWINE, Petitioner, and JESSICA A. EARLYWINE, Respondent (Thomas H. James, Contemnor-Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed October 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. James, of Forreston, appellant pro se.

No appearance for appellee.

Paul L. Feinstein and Michael G. DiDomenico , of Chicago, amici curiae.

Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In the course of dissolution of marriage proceedings, respondent, Jessica A. Earlywine, filed a petition for interim attorney fees pursuant to the "leveling of the playing field" provisions in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act). See 750 ILCS 5/501(c-1) (West 2010). The circuit court of Stephenson County found that neither respondent nor petitioner,...

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